- Allows people to travel through long distances in a shorter amount of time
- Transporting goods have been made easy and quicker
- Trading with surrounding countries improves
- Russia becomes a safer community due to army being able to move around the country.
Negative Consequences
- Foreigners get their land taken over by Russia.
Political Reform:
- Russia enhances their technology
- They catch up to world powers
Benefits:
- Russia is able to be looked up upon in the eyes of other countries
- This inflicts fear in surrounding countries
- Creates a safter community
Negative Consequences:
- Increasing in power might lead to unnecessary fear felt by other countries
Factories:
- Appeared in 1880
Benefits:
- Mass produce products for trade
- Economy Boost
- Increase in job opportunities
Negative Consequences:
- Forces people into factories
- Opportunities taken away from people
Social and Political Events:
Russian political reform:
- became active in 1861
Benefits:
- Peasants are able to receive more care from the government
- Leads to around 95% of the population to be happy
Negative Consequences
- The rich people lose their power due to the new government supporting the peasants
Treaty of Paris:
WIkipedia. "Congress of Paris 1856." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 2009. Web. 31 Aug.
2011.
- 1856
- Established after the crimean war (which started because Russia tried to invade Istanbul, Turkey)
- Made black sea a neutral territory
Benefits:
- Countries around Russia
- Demilitarization of the black sea shut down influential impacts Russia had to their surrounding countries
Negative Consequences:
- Russia loses land and power
- Countries view Russia as a weak society
The Revolution in 1905:
-The loss in Russo-Japanese War unleashed protests in Russia.
-Urban workers and peasants joined liberal groups and started the revolution.
-The government created the Duma.
-Minister Stolypin launched important peasant reforms- greater freedom from redemption payments, liberal purchase and sale of land.
Benefits:
-The poor peasants and workers can unleash their emotion and also had more freedom. Their life was much more easier because of the important reforms that Stolypin launched.
Negative Consequences:
-The rich people enjoyed less freedom and earned less money.
- The society was unstable and chaotic.
The following sites can be used to find examples that can be applied in either question 1 and 2. It's up to you to figure out how they best fit.
Most importantly, practice explaining how.
Russia
Technology
Railroad network:
- 1870Benifits
- Allows people to travel through long distances in a shorter amount of time- Transporting goods have been made easy and quicker
- Trading with surrounding countries improves
- Russia becomes a safer community due to army being able to move around the country.
Negative Consequences
- Foreigners get their land taken over by Russia.Political Reform:
- Russia enhances their technology- They catch up to world powers
Benefits:
- Russia is able to be looked up upon in the eyes of other countries- This inflicts fear in surrounding countries
- Creates a safter community
Negative Consequences:
- Increasing in power might lead to unnecessary fear felt by other countriesFactories:
- Appeared in 1880Benefits:
- Mass produce products for trade- Economy Boost
- Increase in job opportunities
Negative Consequences:
- Forces people into factories- Opportunities taken away from people
Social and Political Events:
Russian political reform:
- became active in 1861Benefits:
- Peasants are able to receive more care from the government- Leads to around 95% of the population to be happy
Negative Consequences
- The rich people lose their power due to the new government supporting the peasantsTreaty of Paris:
WIkipedia. "Congress of Paris 1856." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 2009. Web. 31 Aug.
2011.
- 1856
- Established after the crimean war (which started because Russia tried to invade Istanbul, Turkey)
- Made black sea a neutral territory
Benefits:
- Countries around Russia- Demilitarization of the black sea shut down influential impacts Russia had to their surrounding countries
Negative Consequences:
- Russia loses land and power- Countries view Russia as a weak society
The Revolution in 1905:
-The loss in Russo-Japanese War unleashed protests in Russia.
-Urban workers and peasants joined liberal groups and started the revolution.
-The government created the Duma.
-Minister Stolypin launched important peasant reforms- greater freedom from redemption payments, liberal purchase and sale of land.
Benefits:
-The poor peasants and workers can unleash their emotion and also had more freedom. Their life was much more easier because of the important reforms that Stolypin launched.
Negative Consequences:
-The rich people enjoyed less freedom and earned less money.
- The society was unstable and chaotic.
If you want to know more about the Revolution in 1905, please go on __http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9fGO-4jcVM__
Nicholas II and his family, 1905.
Nicholas II: Nicholas II and his family, 1905. Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Web. 23 Aug. 2011. <http://www.school.ebonline.com/eb/art-97514>.
Russia
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